Sign writing flub for Burnsco Marine and Leisure in Christchurch.
Sponge cake to the rescue
"My dad decided to stew some feijoas," writes Tracy. They were taking so long he turned up the heat and went to do the dishes. Mum comes out to a pot boiling over, turns it off. She tells dad to get a large sponge to clean it up. Dad pops out and returns with a large sponge and duly sets it to soaking up the spilled feijoa. Mum walks in, takes one look, cracks up laughing and says "I meant a dish cloth type sponge NOT a sponge cake!" It worked so dessert was sponge cake with feijoa soaked in and cream!"
Goldfish elevated above humans
The average human's attention span is ... oh look, a bird! According to scientists, the age of smartphones has left humans with such a short attention span even a goldfish can hold a thought for longer. Researchers surveyed 2000 participants in Canada and studied the brain activity of 112 others using electroencephalograms. The results showed the average human attention span has fallen from 12 seconds in 2000, or around the time the mobile revolution began, to eight seconds. Goldfish, meanwhile, are believed to have an attention span of nine seconds. (Source: Presurfer)
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